Danny tackles the use of intuition and calculation in the first half of this game analysis, exhorting his viewers to use one to build up the other. Look in the mirror, are you a grandmaster? he asks. If not, there is...
#1!! The move in question is an unusual but strong positional concept, connected with a couple possible pawn sacrifices, requiring both deep understanding and accurate calculation. Great sicilian lesson here by its g...
Showing a Bobby Fischer effort, GM Khachiyan gives an instructive display on how Rook and Bishop can, seemingly effortlessly, make Rook and Knight look silly. Along the way, he points out several small, but very impo...
The Innovators! The independent thinkers! Ladies and Gentlemen-- the Hyper-modernist. No chess tome or appreciation would be complete without a discussion of Aaron Nimzowitsch. FM Galofre initiates a new series, and p...
We're only one step away from the best move of all time! In second place we have *drumroll* Vishy Anand with an incredibly deep double piece sacrifice. His 2700+ opponent was still in his opening preparation, when Ana...
IM Rensch brings you a second installment of Chess Crimes. Today's main crime... dogma! Check this one out, as not only will IM Rensch teach you about the relative importance of tactical and positional patterns, he wi...
If you enjoyed IM Rensch's series on isolated queen pawns, be sure to check out this video, in which GM Khachiyan adds to the topic with an insightful look at how the isolated queen pawn can affect the effectiveness o...
The best player of all time finally makes his appearance on IM Shankland's run-down of the best moves of all time, checking in at #4 with an incredible 20-move mating attack in which he offers to sac every piece in a...
FM Galofre rounds out his coverage of his system vs the King's Indian Attack, by looking at the most challenging line. He shows a couple complete games by Karpov and Dzindzichashvili explaining why the variation was u...
GM Khachiyan continues his strategic lessons about bishops with an example from his own recent tournament play. In this one active rooks outweigh the importance of a superior bishop, but nevertheless, the superior bis...
IM Rensch kicks off a new series. Analyzing the games of lower-rated players, he seeks to provide useful advice that you can apply to your own chess game and your own studies. There is a focus on proper psychology, wi...
IM Shankland's run-down of the best moves of all times continues. A seemingly tame endgame erupts with complications when a GM sees a brilliant way to make use of available tactical energy. Sam explains in detail a ve...
Magnus Carlsen made it to #1 in the world... without ever having a game of his featured in a chess.com video lesson! Part of the reason is no doubt the speed of his meteoric rise as a mere teenager. GM Friedel is here...
GM Dzindzichashvili tackles the gigantic question of how to play with a positional advantage. The subject being too vast he gives us a couple brilliant examples (by Karpov) from which he distills advice. Great learnin...
IM Rensch squares off with another international master, who plays a dubious opening, and then continues with consistent aggressiveness. Danny also indicates his intentions to "just go for it" in the face of provocati...
GM Khachiyan shows us an incredible strategic conception from [future] World Champion Anand. After showing us how important a good bishop vs bad bishop situation can be in his previous lectures, he now tries to explai...
IM Shankland continues his run-down of the top 10 moves of all time. Two players already honored by appearing in this list face off; which one will score a second top-10 award from IM Shankland?
FM Galofre continues with his lessons on how to play as black against the white systems starting with a quick Nf3, g3, Bg2. Here he covers the very early c4 by white, explaining very clearly how to find the right move...
IM Rensch faces a new kind of opponent: a BEAST! The beast charges right at him with a King's Gambit, and Danny is forced into a desperate fight for survival. Will our hero pull out another miracle win? Or has Danny f...
GM Dzindzichashvili analyzes an unusual strategic effort of his own from the 1984 Chess Olympiad, where he covered first board for the USA. Good positional lessons and an interesting introductory story about Olympiads.
GM Khachiyan (with the assistance of World Champions Karpov and Kramnik) shows us how to exploit a bad bishop in the opponent's camp. Two classic examples by the great masters of positional play will clarify for you t...
IM Shankland moves on to a deep effort by Vladimir Kramnik. One thing that really impressed him about this move is that computer engines do not suggest it... and it requires both strategic and tactical insight to see...
Another thrilling live session with Danny Rensch. Today he faces an opponent strong enough to trap his king... will this be the end for Poppa Bear? Has Danny finally talked too much instead of thinking about his moves...
So now that we have the meat and potatoes of the Universal System Vs. The King's Indian Attack, hold your horses for part II where we get the low down on the collard greens and brussels sprouts! -- mmm! mmm! a true th...
GM Khachiyan introduces a very important strategic consideration in the Ruy Lopez (Chigorin lines): the black knight which can get stuck on a5. He shows a classic example of white taking advantage of that piece, and t...
